Maldives’ pro-China President Muizzu sweeps parliamentary polls, stumps rivals with ‘supermajority’

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However, this outcome was largely unexpected by the opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), which is led by former president and Muizzu’s predecessor, Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. The MDP won a landslide victory in 2019, another “supermajority” in Maldivian political parlance, by bagging 65 seats. It is now expected to get just 10. Preliminary results show that Muizzu’s ruling alliance — comprising the Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) and People’s National Congress (PNC) — bagged over 60 seats out of a total of 93 in the People’s Majlis. New Delhi: Maldivian President Mohammed Muizzu’s coalition has swept the parliamentary elections in the...